Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Present State

"An essential introductory read.... It is a valuable contribution to scholarship on minority rights in general and minorities in Turkey in particular." --Dilek Kurban, Middle East Journal The collapse of the multiethnic, multireligious, and multilingual Ottoman Empire after World War I led to the establishment of several nation-states, with enormous repercussions for the empire's minority populations. Baskın Oran focuses on religious and ethnic minorities in the Republic of Turkey--home for centuries to Alevites, Armenians, Greeks, Jews, Kurds, Syriacs, and more--to provide a comprehensive analysis encompassing the Ottoman era to the present. Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey is a revised and updated version of Etnik ve Dinsel Azınlıklar: Tarih, Teori, Hukuk, Türkiye, published by Literatür in 2018. CONTENTS: Ethnic and Religious Minorities: A Conceptual Framework. Minorities in the Ottoman Empire. Minorities in the Republic of Turkey. Turkey's Obligations Under International Law. Minorities in Turkey's Laws and Legal Structures. Legislative Reforms, Resistance, and Reversals. The Ideological Foundations of Repression and Discrimination. The Implications of Persistent Rights Violations.